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G. s. COOPER.

.ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 19M.

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G. S. COOPER.

ENGINE.

APPLICATION nusu JULY I3, 1914.

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GEORGE SpCOOPER; OF SALEM, OHIO;

Original application filed March 1 1, 1913, Serial No. 753,545.

1914. Serial No. 850,572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. citizen of the United States, and of Salem, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Engines, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings.

CoorER, a a resldent construction of which forms 753,545, filed March 11,1913 division of said application. 7.

I ne object of the present inventionis to and this is a t e invention is to produce a new and more In the drawings:

Figure l is an elevation, partly in longitudinal section, of a superheated steam e invention; plan view of the unit with a smoke box broken away;

1g. 3 1s a detail transverse sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the mountin of the cylinder and of the engine bed on one boiler saddle;

Fig. 4 is a detail end elevation of the skeleton frame for supporting the cylinders, and Fig. 5 is an'enlarged detail view partlybroken away, showing the mounting for the cylinders.

F 1g; 2 is a portion of the In the type of apparatus shown the drawings, A horizontal fir tion chamber boiler I h one or more ylinders, 1n thls Instance, a compound en- ENGINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

f'my copending applicatlon, Serial N o.

the main body portion of th g1 tud inal 3 play superheater,

In the compartment 1) of the smoke box 110 gine being shown having the high "pressure cylinder H and the low pressure cylinder to the Saddle 9 by any suitab e means at one the parts. also "afforded for slight 1on or movement between the bearing foot 1"8 ofthe low pressure cylinder casing and thesupporting block 19 carried pansion between PI'OVlSlOII isby the skeleton trame (1, of substantially units and the engine is mounted'ln such a manner as to provide for strains. I

In order to make the application of the invention to a superheated steam power unit clear, a brief description will be given of the as follows:

supports the footlO at I are preferably en of the bed, but the main body portion 7 ,Patented Feb. 20, 1917. Divided a d} this application filed m 13,

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are arranged the high pressure superheater L, and the low pressure superheater O,ar= ranged end to end, and the waste fuel .g'ases traverse said super-heaters, emerging in the space P of the compartment (1- causes the gases direction o'f'thearrows, and'said gases are directed by he baffles 12 and c first the S ace aroundtli e low pressure CYllllder J, thence across and downwardly through the'space sure cylinder 1H,; and thence downward y around the coils oi the high pressure superheater L and out through the draft, flue F, ail,',as'indicated by the arrows Steam passing from the boiler throughthe main pipe d isled'to the rear end of the throughpipeff to A} I the low pressure super-heater O, and thence around thehorinontal tubes and out by pipe 9 to the low pressiire cylinder J, from which the '1 exhaust steam may suitable} auxiliary apparatus not shown) The low pressure passes'upwardly Within the said superheater. v

superheater means of the 'draincoclr h having a valve'handle outside of the smoke box. The drainage efiected the pipe is extending ioutside of the box. AltrackiS, "mounted in the compartment D, has one end secure header 0, While the other end is hung by means of the rod 1) from the-skeleton frame Both the high and "low pressure superheaters are carried on rollers 8 running on the track S,so that'the super-heaters maybe run in and out of the superheater compartment througha door T at one end, having a battle 2?. The high pressure superheater L is strapped by the U-shaped straps a to the I-beain V, and the rollers s on hangers 10 connected tosaidl-beam. The rollers s for the low pressure superheater O are mounted on hangers (0 connected directly to the superheater casin The steam pipes Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the A baflie to pass upwardly in the through R around the high presv high prcssure superheater fL, thence through the coils of a to thehigh.

be taken to any I O is kept by means of smoke d to the boiler I are mounted (l, e, f and g are provided With suitable couplings by means of which the pipes may be disconnected. I 4

2 represents a steam pipe provided with theperforated radial arms and l. This pipe .2 is mounted in bearings in the frame land inthe door T, and a hand-Wheel is provided outside of thesrnoke box for rotating the cleaning device (not shown), Steam is admitted to the pipe 2 by the pipe 6 and by rotating the radial arms?) and at, both the boiler flues and ,the superheaters ay be. eaned s I claim and desire to obtainby Letters Patent the following: I

lglu an engine, the combination with a horizontal boiler, saddles mountedthereon orm ng ma ndeie' f ry b r n an enginelhaying a portion of its bed fixedly supported on the main bearing saddle and having the main body portion of ts bed free to slide upon the auxiliary bearing saddle, 'the; engine and its bed being arranged orer the boiler, aframe independent of the boiler for supporting the engine cylinders, andproyision affording relative longitudinal play between: the cylinders and sai bindependent support.

2, In an engine, the combination with a horizontal boilerpof saddles mounted thereon forming main and auxiliary bearings, an enginehauing a substantially Y-shapedbed, the legs of said bed being fixedly supported upon main bearing saddle, and the main body portion of the bed being fiiee to slide upon the auxiliary bearing saddle, the engine and its bed being arranged over the boiler, a frame independent of the boiler for-supporting the engine cylinders, and provision affording relative longitudinal play between the cylinders and said independent support,

In testimony hereof l have signed this specification in the presence 0t two subscribing witnesses.

' V GEORGE S. COOPER. \Vitnesses Burl-1 GAntzrei-ma, Joiin Wanamaker. I

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13,031 

